Slide-buckle



G. H. PERRINE- SLIDE BUCKLE. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 22, 1920.

Pate'ilted Dec. 13, 1921.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ononen n. PERRINE, or HAsTrNes-uroN-HUnsoN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR To scovrm. MANUFACTURING COMPANY, or WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION or CONNECTICUT.

SLIDE-BUCKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 13, 1921.

T0 all solemn it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. PERRINE, a citizen of the Tlnited States, residing at Hastings upon -Hudson, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Slide-Buckles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to that class of buckles known as slides, and used for adjusting the effective length of straps, webbing and the like, such as suspenders, without penetrating the material.

The invention is in the nature of an improvement upon the buckle of my Patent, No. 986,083, granted March 7, 1911, and the improvement consists, first, in elevating or humping the inner pair of bars so as to obtain a more effective bight in the strap, and,

second, in leaving the ends of these bars free so that when strain is placed upon the strap it is resisted by the resiliency of these bars and creeping of the slide upon the strap is prevented, as I will proceed now to explain and finally claim.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention, in the several figures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is an elevation of portion of a suspender with the buckle or slide in position, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the buckle detached, and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section thereof.

The strap 1 may be of any material, and is shown as having its end 2 looped or folded back upon itself so as to engage a metal button loop 3, and the body of the strap and its end 2 are reeved through the slide 4 so as to be connected in an adjustable manner to thereby permit of the alteration of the effective length of the strap to suit the purposes of the wearer.

The buckle or slide 1 is shown as made of wire, but the invention is not limited to the use of wire in the manufacture of the device. This buckle comprises two loops 5 and 6 connected at one side by the side bar 7 which may have the inset portion 8, and free at the other side, the loops 5 and 6 and the side bar 7 being arranged in the same plane. 9 and 10 are intermediate bars which extend integrally from the free side of the loops and are raised orlhumped above the level of the outer elements 5, 6 and 7 and have their extremities 11 and 12 free and resting upon the inset portion 8 of the side bar 7. These intermediate bars therefore are capable of movement longitudinally of said side bar as strain is placed upon them, and also toward and from it.

The strap is reeved through the buckle or slide substantially as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, and the bight thereby put in the strap effectively holds the parts in adjusted position.

The advantages of the present construction over that shown in the patent referred to are that by having the two intermediate bars in a different plane from the remainder of the device and particularly the two outside bars, the strap when reeved is formed with an offset or short bend or hump so that the friction of the strap in rubbing against the adjacent garments of the wearer is of little or no effect in so far as causing the slide to slip or creep out of adjusted position is concerned, whereas if the slide have the intermediate bars on the same plane or level as the outside bars the strap does not form under all circumstances a sufiicient offset or a sufiiciently short bend or hump to prevent the slipping or creeping, especially when the wearer moves his shoulders up and down.

By leaving the ends of the intermediate bars free or unfastened, it is found that when any strain is placed upon the under side of the suspender or strap, these loose ends have a tendency to pull down closer to the lower outer bar which results in a sort of locking by which it is practically impossible for the slide to creep, and thus the fixity of the adjustment is insured.

The formation of the slide is susceptible of variations within the spirit and scope of the invention as herein explained and claimed.

What I claim is 1. A slide buckle, having a pair of loops connected atone side and free at the opposite side and arranged in the same plane, and having intermediate bars extending integrally from the free side of the loops and raised above the level of the loops and their connected side and having free ends resting upon the side connection so that when one end of a strap is connected with the lowermost intermediate bar and the other end of the strap is passed underneath the lowermost outer bar and then over the two intermediate bars and finally under the upper fixed location of the buckle and. prevent it from slipping or creeping.

2. A slide buckle, having two substantially parallel loops composed of outer bars con- 7 nected at one side and arranged in the same plane and terminating in intermediate bars extending freely from the opposite side to the connected side and humped above the plane of the remainder of the buckle, said connected side member having an inset portion upon which the ends of the intermediate bars rest unconnectedly and are movable.

3. A slide buckle, having a pair of loops connected atone side and free at the opposite side and arranged'in a single plane and having centrally arranged terminals extending from the free side over and beyond the connected side and raised above the level of the remainder of the loops sothat when one end of a strap is looped about the lowermost terminal and its other end reeved beneath the lowermost member of the pair of loops and then over. the raised terminals and then under the upper member of the pairof loops a short bend or hump will be plac'ed'in the strap and the buckle thereby prevented from creeping when in use, the free ends of the terminals serving to lock the adjustment under strain.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this th day of January A. D.

GEORGE H. PERRINE. Witnesses: v V i Gno. E. TouPKINs, ZELDA SEIDEL. 

